A Letter From a Parent to Our Legislators Regarding Charter Schools
A Parents Across America, Seattle member sent me this letter that she is planning to take to her school and have other parents sign before sending it on to our representatives in Olympia.
It is actions such as this one which will keep our public schools public and open to the democratic process.
Dora
Dear ,
I am writing to you today because I am concerned with the direction our state is heading with regard to education reform, in particular the move toward allowing charter schools into our state. Charter school supporters see them as the panacea to closing the achievement gap. Unfortunately what they fail to take into account is the effects of poverty on student achievement and the mounting tide of research that fails to show any significant